The defect
UNDER HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES (GREATER THAN 95 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) AND THE FUEL TANK LEVEL BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 FULL, THE FUEL TANK INTERNAL PRESSURE CAN INCREASE CAUSING THE TANK TO EXPAND. TANK EXPANSION CAUSES AN INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK PROTECTIVE SHIELD AND THE PROPELLER SHAFT RESULTING A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK AT THE POINT OF SHIELD-TO-SHAFT CONTACT.
The risk
THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE FUEL LEAKAGE, AND IF AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL TANK VENTING SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| AM General Hummer | 1995 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| AM General Hummer | 1995 | 7 | 3 |
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 1995
15 of the 260 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1995 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; AM GENERAL CORPORATION filed 53 campaigns in all.
| 95V243000 28 Dec 1995 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 95V244000 15 Dec 1995 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 95V238000 11 Dec 1995 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 95V236000 8 Dec 1995 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 95V234000 7 Dec 1995 | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
| 95V232000 5 Dec 1995 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 95V179000 21 Sept 1995 | INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| 95V155000 11 Aug 1995 | RANGE ROVER NA., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1995